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who uses drugs needs to have treatment. but having said that, people that we often come in contact with will be people who have a severe drug abuse problem and generally they also have a mental health issue problem, there are often housing problems, employment, many other problems, and that's the population we deal with often. and i think that figuring a way to have an intervention so that services are available for those that need it i think is really important. i don't necessarily agree a felony conviction is the vehicle to do so, but i think we have to make sure that as we lower the sanctions here, that we do have the tools and that we have the ability to distinguish between people that have a drug addiction problem, people that are using drugs recreationally and otherwise are a functional person. >> we're going to be taking audience questions shortly, so if you have a question, just try to get the attention of someone in the aisles. ethan, let me ask you this. you know, in california, there are a number of offenses, dru
who uses drugs needs to have treatment. but having said that, people that we often come in contact with will be people who have a severe drug abuse problem and generally they also have a mental health issue problem, there are often housing problems, employment, many other problems, and that's the population we deal with often. and i think that figuring a way to have an intervention so that services are available for those that need it i think is really important. i don't necessarily agree a...
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muni says -- they give us a list -- muni gave us a list of improvements that are under way. they say these will reduce the need for switchbacks. the jury answers, "the jury appreciates the efforts being made. we are glad some of these are partially accomplished and others coming in the future. many systems we interviewed had these technologys in place. we would like muni to have a sense of urgency about the improvements and concerned about the term "under way" and completion dates that are years away" . on f8 which concerns a new control center lacking adequate operating personnel and f9 muni has failed to conduct and publish rider survey and muni agreed with both of these findings. as far as the recommendations, the first recommendation is to eliminate switchbacks except when unavoidable. muni disagrees with the recommendation reasserting that switch backs are valid and necessary given the operating environment. they have worked on reducing the switchbacks and keeping the public informed and would further denigate service and safety. the jury answers, "that's what we're get
muni says -- they give us a list -- muni gave us a list of improvements that are under way. they say these will reduce the need for switchbacks. the jury answers, "the jury appreciates the efforts being made. we are glad some of these are partially accomplished and others coming in the future. many systems we interviewed had these technologys in place. we would like muni to have a sense of urgency about the improvements and concerned about the term "under way" and completion...
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-- minnesota us schedule. the fact -- are miniscule. and based on less than a packet of sweetener, to me is outrageous. and to me this is a positive first step, in my opinion, because at least you remove some of the stigma attached to this type of issue which in my opinion should be a public health issue. it's a public health issue for a certain segment of the community and should be a public health community issue for everybody. [applause] >> tal, let me follow up and just say opponents of mark leno's measure would say it's not the amount of drug that somebody is in possession of, the fact that they're using drugs indicates they've got to find a way to supply themselves with ongoing, you know, sources of drugs or by taking the drugs, they're going to place themselves in a state that makes them more likely to commit crime. is this a valid argument? >> well, i think there are -- i think not everybody who uses drug is a drug addict. and there's a segment of the population that recreationally uses narcotics and d
-- minnesota us schedule. the fact -- are miniscule. and based on less than a packet of sweetener, to me is outrageous. and to me this is a positive first step, in my opinion, because at least you remove some of the stigma attached to this type of issue which in my opinion should be a public health issue. it's a public health issue for a certain segment of the community and should be a public health community issue for everybody. [applause] >> tal, let me follow up and just say opponents...
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to deal with it but i would rather us deal with it than the club. if they're doing what they're supposed to be doing and not letting them in and it should be commended and they will continue to drink in the club. >> all right thank you. >> is there a particular reason they shouldn't show up until three that night? >> i don't know if it was traffic or fights started but it was a mess. >> the only way to really stop that is sacramento has to do something so you can board the bus and make arrests and send message to the bus companies. the problem is they drop down the street and we don't know -- or club people don't know whether or not they actually came from a bus. maybe a whole bunch people walking up the street getting in line. of course the responsible thing is not to let them in because they are intoxicated. what happens they're not going to leave the friend out on the street by themselves and the bus took off. it's a major problem state wide. i don't know what we could do on the local level. if the police can get the name of the problem bus and t
to deal with it but i would rather us deal with it than the club. if they're doing what they're supposed to be doing and not letting them in and it should be commended and they will continue to drink in the club. >> all right thank you. >> is there a particular reason they shouldn't show up until three that night? >> i don't know if it was traffic or fights started but it was a mess. >> the only way to really stop that is sacramento has to do something so you can board...
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muni says -- they give us a list -- muni gave us a list of improvements that are under way. they say these will reduce the need for switchbacks. the jury answers, "the jury appreciates the efforts being made. we are glad some of these are partially accomplished and others coming in the future. many systems we interviewed had these technologys in place. we would like muni to have a sense of urgency about the improvements and concerned about the term "under way" and completion dates that are years away" . on f8 which concerns a new control center lacking adequate operating personnel and
muni says -- they give us a list -- muni gave us a list of improvements that are under way. they say these will reduce the need for switchbacks. the jury answers, "the jury appreciates the efforts being made. we are glad some of these are partially accomplished and others coming in the future. many systems we interviewed had these technologys in place. we would like muni to have a sense of urgency about the improvements and concerned about the term "under way" and completion...
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thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in "culturewire." ♪ lcome our new commissioner naomi akers. there she is, and i would like to jump around. normally we go to public comment, but i think we will have time to take everything in order, so i will go now to -- i just do want to announce there is a presidential debate, and there are a lot of people interested in watching it so we would like to expedite the meeting. we want you to express what you want to express but try to be as concise as possible, so the first order is item number one, public comment. members of the public may address items of interest within the subject jurisdiction with respect to agenda items may address the commission up to three minutes at such time the item is called. that means if you want to talk to us under our auspices but not on the commission calendar now is the time to do it. >> just a point of order. may i do roll call for the record. >> i told you we were in a hurry. >> you are. commissioner lee. >> here. >> commissioner. >> here. >> commissioner hyde. >> here. >> commissioner perez. >
thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in "culturewire." ♪ lcome our new commissioner naomi akers. there she is, and i would like to jump around. normally we go to public comment, but i think we will have time to take everything in order, so i will go now to -- i just do want to announce there is a presidential debate, and there are a lot of people interested in watching it so we would like to expedite the meeting. we want you to express what you want to...
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no, so that's the range of languages and they're all used quite a lot. as far as we know, there are no major problems or complaintbacker complaints and we've had positive clearance from the police department. i think it's fair to say that festa makes a positive contribution to the local business environment and the local economy. last september, we learned that the regulations for entertainment permits for karaoke recently changed and we moved immediately to try to move festa into compliance with the current regulations, we filed the application right away, unfortunately i had to leave for europe almost immediately after, but we worked closely with the commission throughout and we completed i think all the necessary inspections and approvals from the city departments including the police department, the fire department, building including basic building and electrical, public health and the planning department. we also completed a fairly extendbacker extensive outreach program per the good neighbor policy, we talked with a large number of the surrounding
no, so that's the range of languages and they're all used quite a lot. as far as we know, there are no major problems or complaintbacker complaints and we've had positive clearance from the police department. i think it's fair to say that festa makes a positive contribution to the local business environment and the local economy. last september, we learned that the regulations for entertainment permits for karaoke recently changed and we moved immediately to try to move festa into compliance...
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>> yes, we do -- that's what she currently uses, yes. >> is her ears? >> just so you know, i'm just going to -- that sound travels, okay, so it's physics, sound travels and sound -- certainly frequencies of sound build up when the longer the distance that they travel, so a basement for instance, you could stand next to it and it will sound a certain way and if you went down the block, it would be exponentially louder, that's how base travelers. >> i get you. >> and i have one other question. in your security plan, attitude check is a door policy, really? it says attitude check. >> can we get clarification on that? >> i don't know that i've seen that before actually. >> commissioners, good evening, my name is shaw, head of shaw security, attitude check is one of many ways that you can address this, simply they say how are you, they respond back, i'm going great, or they get attitude from them, those are the kind of tools as security doormen we have to make sure we're getting the right kind of clientele in, so it's a colloqialism. >> and during the week,
>> yes, we do -- that's what she currently uses, yes. >> is her ears? >> just so you know, i'm just going to -- that sound travels, okay, so it's physics, sound travels and sound -- certainly frequencies of sound build up when the longer the distance that they travel, so a basement for instance, you could stand next to it and it will sound a certain way and if you went down the block, it would be exponentially louder, that's how base travelers. >> i get you. >> and...
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it ever more difficult to soldier on into the uncertain future and joining me today though to help us navigate that future what it could look like and maybe make sense of this past is grant williams portfolio and strategy advisor for volt days investment management he's in san francisco but he's typically based in singapore so what can i say mr williams we're very happy here in the us of a to talk about all this it's good to be great so let's start with something that struck me in your recent news letter you said that you were speaking at a panel in an investor ask you a question how do i correctly assess risk of a given investment in the current market environment and you said this you said you can't because the market is broken every day we sit in the boardroom of old peasant singapore and try to figure out where and how to invest a partner's capital and every day it gets harder and harder to do i'm curious in singapore where you're based how does u.s. policy both fiscal and fed policy including zur factor into that view of yours. well i mean service is not a us policy it's a global
it ever more difficult to soldier on into the uncertain future and joining me today though to help us navigate that future what it could look like and maybe make sense of this past is grant williams portfolio and strategy advisor for volt days investment management he's in san francisco but he's typically based in singapore so what can i say mr williams we're very happy here in the us of a to talk about all this it's good to be great so let's start with something that struck me in your recent...
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strain to make correct calls so read the wall street journal headline about the new does business on us election night q election word speed. which is just because. there it is more collateral damage from negative real interest rates low explained let's get to today's capital account. what can i say the next president of the united states will inherit trillions of dollars and debts and unfunded liabilities and this is money already spent or promised owed on things that no longer exist around expectations already priced in by the electorate as we have argued time and again on this show the country's public and private debt burden functions is a drag on economic growth when the money exchange for those liabilities is used for consumption or recklessly wasted on doomed investments and foolish ponzi schemes with this burden of the past on our shoulders we find it ever more difficult to soldier on into the uncertain future and joining me today though to help us navigate that future what it could look like and maybe make sense of this past is grant williams portfolio and strategy advisor for
strain to make correct calls so read the wall street journal headline about the new does business on us election night q election word speed. which is just because. there it is more collateral damage from negative real interest rates low explained let's get to today's capital account. what can i say the next president of the united states will inherit trillions of dollars and debts and unfunded liabilities and this is money already spent or promised owed on things that no longer exist around...
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just think everybody here today and 1 dollar from all of us. that can really help and donate at red cross .org and we thank you for your generosity. it was just two years ago that we captured the championship since moving to san francisco and i think we're happy we didn't have to wait until 52 years. [cheers and applause] we've got another trophy in this great city by the bay. [cheers and applause] so today giants fans once again you are all world champions and together we are giants, so we have a wonderful program planned for you today and i know you're anxious to get this started started and bring the guys out and celebrate your 2012 san francisco giants so let's get started. first of all we are joined by a number of special dignitaries who have helped to make san francisco one of the best baseball towns -- no, the best baseball town in america. [cheers and applause] let us now welcome and please show your love and enthusiasm the mayor of city and county of san francisco the honorable edwin lee. former mayor and current lieutenant governor th
just think everybody here today and 1 dollar from all of us. that can really help and donate at red cross .org and we thank you for your generosity. it was just two years ago that we captured the championship since moving to san francisco and i think we're happy we didn't have to wait until 52 years. [cheers and applause] we've got another trophy in this great city by the bay. [cheers and applause] so today giants fans once again you are all world champions and together we are giants, so we...
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. >> it's time for us to have a home that all of us can be proud of. >> and we couldn't do this without everybody working together on the one goal, which is, let's build something that reflects the honor of hetch hetchy, the honor of the greatest engineering feats, reflects what our puc does for our public, and for generations to come it will educate everybody. >> i'm really proud that one of the greenest and most sustainable buildings is here in norm in district 6. the wind turbine, the solar power, the living machines, recycled water that ed and the mayor has already spoken to. and what's also amazing about this building is it's not just internally, but you can actually see it on the outside. so, when people are walking around the city they can actually see the green and environmental aspects. >> what better way to show that the puc cares about the environment and the puc is going to show everyone else, you can do this, too. and you can do it in a way that makes sense, that's affordable, and that is better for the environment. >> and this is the most energy efficient government buildi
. >> it's time for us to have a home that all of us can be proud of. >> and we couldn't do this without everybody working together on the one goal, which is, let's build something that reflects the honor of hetch hetchy, the honor of the greatest engineering feats, reflects what our puc does for our public, and for generations to come it will educate everybody. >> i'm really proud that one of the greenest and most sustainable buildings is here in norm in district 6. the wind...
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grant williams is here to help us understand that he's dr g. advisor for both us investment management he's currently in san francisco not in singapore where he's typically based but mr williams welcome back i want to know being based in singapore are the us elections a big deal to people in asia do they care or does it matter. farting there i think people care you know i think i think you have to care about i think the important thing here is is the aftermath of these elections and it seems we're getting very mixed signals everybody's very part of south and the democrats are actually convinced that a bomb is going to be elected and publicans are actually convinced that romney's going to get it in the sun but i think what we see in asia is that whatever happens you're going to have this terribly excited house senate white house and that's can be very difficult for to get things done and it seems. never certainly not in my living memory have the parties been so far apart and this complete lack of bipartisanship cooperation middle. and so i think
grant williams is here to help us understand that he's dr g. advisor for both us investment management he's currently in san francisco not in singapore where he's typically based but mr williams welcome back i want to know being based in singapore are the us elections a big deal to people in asia do they care or does it matter. farting there i think people care you know i think i think you have to care about i think the important thing here is is the aftermath of these elections and it seems...
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it would talk to us. chief. he is on the phone. let me tell you what he told me. this all started with a boiler at the hotel. something from the boiler emitted carbon monoxide or what ever reason it may be an alarm or a trigger. thank you for joining me chief. >> what costa carbon monoxide level to go up and forcing us to you to evacuate people. >> we saw him now functioning boiler aboil with a high level of carbon monoxide in the room. we feel that was the source of it. what we did was isolated by setting the boiler down. since that time the carbon monoxide levels have dropped significantly. >> was there an alarm or other people getting or someone that was it. >> carbon monoxide is a colorless cola as tasteless. it would be a report obnoxiousness people being passed out or something along those lines. we have had no medical problems here. i do not know if vote was an internal alarm that triggered it or something else cause it to be called in for a public as is. we evacuated and took a cautious that we di
it would talk to us. chief. he is on the phone. let me tell you what he told me. this all started with a boiler at the hotel. something from the boiler emitted carbon monoxide or what ever reason it may be an alarm or a trigger. thank you for joining me chief. >> what costa carbon monoxide level to go up and forcing us to you to evacuate people. >> we saw him now functioning boiler aboil with a high level of carbon monoxide in the room. we feel that was the source of it. what we did...
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and we hope that the technology supports us. >> so commissioners this is, as for the last three years we have been in a process of rethinking general education transportation services. and we are in the presentation tonight, going to share what our budget reduction goals are for the 2013-14 school year. and go over what the approach for developing recommendations for year 3 of changes, and then going into a description of what those recommendations are. the impact of the changes, and an overview of the next steps and the description of some alternatives to yellow bus transportation. in the appendix, just for context, this is an overview of the board's policy guidelines and an overview of the general education transportation services currently available and a summary of the changes that have taken place over the last two years. so i will start with the budget reduction goal. as you know, we are trying to minimize the use of general fund contributions for general education transportation. and so, we need to reduce the fleet by 5 buss from 30 to 25 in the 2013, in the 13, 14 school year
and we hope that the technology supports us. >> so commissioners this is, as for the last three years we have been in a process of rethinking general education transportation services. and we are in the presentation tonight, going to share what our budget reduction goals are for the 2013-14 school year. and go over what the approach for developing recommendations for year 3 of changes, and then going into a description of what those recommendations are. the impact of the changes, and an...
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use this opportunity where we have a fantastic investment in our city. confidence is growing in our city and we will have our gollen state warriors here in 2017. thank you to everybody for being here today. [applause] >> well, you can't have a 25% local hire commitment and a 50% local hire apprenticeship commitment with a private public partnership without a private partner. i would like to introduce rick welts, the president of the golden state warriors. [applause] >> thank you jenn. thank you mayor. you know there is a lot of very, very big decisions that have to be made in a project of this magnitude. our ownership group would love it if the budget was only 500 million but it's going to be in excess of that but i would say the easiest decision we made in the process is the reason that we are here today. throughout this process as welcoming as everyone has been to bring the weariers back to san francisco we have heard a few things loud and clear and one is this has to be a good deal for san francisco as well as a great opportunity for the warriors. whe
use this opportunity where we have a fantastic investment in our city. confidence is growing in our city and we will have our gollen state warriors here in 2017. thank you to everybody for being here today. [applause] >> well, you can't have a 25% local hire commitment and a 50% local hire apprenticeship commitment with a private public partnership without a private partner. i would like to introduce rick welts, the president of the golden state warriors. [applause] >> thank you...